Featuring education stories on the front page has always been a challenge to many educators and development workers. These stories are regarded as "soft" news stories compared to "hard" news stories related to crime and violence, conflict, disasters etc. Education stories are stereotyped as being too mundane and therefore do not attract the attention and interest of media audiences worldwide. But it is the news stories on education, literacy, health, nutrition and similar areas that make a difference in the lives of people, especially the poorest of the poor.

- From the foreword of 'Education makes news'. This UNESCO training kit was produced to encourage the media to highlight Education for All (EFA) goals.